BTW does anyone know where OPEC and the Saudis are in all of this? They could easily satisfy world oil demands and stabilise prices (with Russian oil embargoed) by simply turning the wick up a bit. I haven't heard a peep out of Saudi Arabia.
Or - unrelated - out of Japan either. What are the Japs saying / doing?
Actually it's called ratcheting up the sanctions bit by bit. Don't let the truth get in the way of your opinions.The NATO countries are propped up with Russian money. They will put enough sanctions to appease the public’s unrest but not enough to actually harm their own countries or cripple Russia. Political balancing act. It’s a grey murky area and as such the decisions will generally reflect this. Only Putin deals in absolutes.
No it was me that brought it up and I enjoy a lot of your posts and we agree on many things.I think of plenty of things all day - right now I am thinking am I the only one with an ignore option on here? Quite often its the "free speech" advocates who don't like stuff - I presume because people are speaking freely about stuff they don't want to hear?
I think the support is growing but I can understand the Ukrainians feeling isolated. It’s terrible times for themYeah good point. I think of them as being isolated but they have got strong backing haven’t they?
Feel for the men being forced to stay in Ukraine. Especially young lads who don’t want to fight and whose experience is limited.
Perhaps it would be better to let them leave on condition they never return.
I’m not a particularly warmongery or nationalistic person but even I can sympathise with the idea that If you aren’t willing to fight side by side with your neighbours for your country to exist then why should you be able to come back if they win?
They aren’t all being given guns and sent out to face tanks anyway, something like 40,000 have been called up and armed out of about 3 million. The rest are just helping look after the people who can’t leave, or contributing in non military ways.
As much as I think Johnson has done well so far with this, sort this out ffs.
Why is it? If you are abled bodied and the correct age, then you should stay and fight or be seen as a conscientious ObjectorRidiculous.
Why is it? If you are abled bodied and the correct age, then you should stay and fight or be seen as a conscientious Objector
Yet you want them to be able to let others die for them and then they simply come back and live there. NahThat's essentially a dictatorship.
What good is someone who is terrified and has no idea how to fight, they are basically cannon fodder.
Ridiculous was your idea of surrendering on day one.Ridiculous.
Perhaps it would be better to let them leave on condition they never return.
I’m not a particularly warmongery or nationalistic person but even I can sympathise with the idea that If you aren’t willing to fight side by side with your neighbours for your country to exist then why should you be able to come back if they win?
They aren’t all being given guns and sent out to face tanks anyway, something like 40,000 have been called up and armed out of about 3 million. The rest are just helping look after the people who can’t leave, or contributing in non military ways.
The reality is not everyone is a fighter and would probably be more of a hindrance than help. People love to point to world war 2 as a time when men were brave blah blah yet if you look at the figures there were over 100,000 desertions during the war from the British and Commonwealth alone. Some people just can't handle a situation like that and forcing them isn't going to fix that.
World War ZZ = Russian army
V = Belarusian army
Not all were brave in WW2, but still supported their Countries needsThe reality is not everyone is a fighter and would probably be more of a hindrance than help. People love to point to world war 2 as a time when men were brave blah blah yet if you look at the figures there were over 100,000 desertions during the war from the British and Commonwealth alone. Some people just can't handle a situation like that and forcing them isn't going to fix that.
Like I said, 99% of them aren’t being asked to fight.